One reason I think that the original article, which quoted only family members, was very biased.
Funny, for years, public schools have had the reputation of places where teacher haven't had authority to discipline disruptive students. I wonder if change is coming, and if so, is it motivated by common sense or by political correctness.
I think to an extent there's a backlash. Schools have begun to appear to be very dangerous places, and so the public wants "something" done about the situation.
Yes, they didn't give us the whole picture, the press rarely does, I guess.
At the junior high my kids started at, there was an actual armed policeman, not security guard, but policeman, dedicated just to that school, he was on the campus at all times the kids were. And this was in one of the better neighborhoods. That kind of thing was just not imagined when I was growing up.